>>I had no idea CAT5e would be able to carry USB, firewire and HDMI. With HDMI
>I wonder if it would be possible to have a single backend/frontend running
>in the utility room feeding my HDMI inputs on various TV's throughout the
>house, doing away with the remote frontends. I get brain cramps trying to
>think this stuff through.
>>-Robin
That would be more cost and effort than it's worth. Just doing a
quick google for a DVI extender it was close to $400 for the hardware
(a 150ft version which uses 2 Cat5 cables to do the job). VGA with
audio was $200-$330. Then you've still got to sort out how to
control the frontend, and if you want to run multiple independent
frontends it becomes even tougher (dual or triple head X
configurations - and having enough grunt in one machine to run
multiple frontends?)
Be easier to just setup a individual frontends where you need them.
Probably cheaper, and way more flexible as well.
- Wade